Overview

• The exchange sends striker Ignacio Pussetto to Club Atlético Independiente and brings Colombian defender Álvaro Ángulo to Pumas UNAM.
• Pussetto has signed with Independiente through 2027 pending medical examinations and was officially presented by the Argentinian club.
• Ángulo arrived in Mexico City to complete his medical tests and fill the Non-Formado en México roster slot for Pumas’s Apertura 2025 campaign.
• Pumas executed the swap to address nine offseason departures and optimize its limited international slots under Liga MX rules.
• Upon his arrival in Argentina, Pussetto criticized Pumas’s handling of his exit, saying he felt “left in the middle” of the negotiations.